EP3790324B1 - Method for negotiating target wake time, access point, and station - Google Patents

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EP3790324B1
EP3790324B1 EP20190056.0A EP20190056A EP3790324B1 EP 3790324 B1 EP3790324 B1 EP 3790324B1 EP 20190056 A EP20190056 A EP 20190056A EP 3790324 B1 EP3790324 B1 EP 3790324B1
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  • This application relates to to methods for negotiating a target wake time, an apparatus in wireless local area network and an apparatus applied in a station.
  • a long-sleeping low power device (Long-sleeping Low Power Device), referred to as a Z-type device, is described in Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, IEEE) 802.11ah.
  • a target wake time (Target Wake Time, TWT) mechanism is proposed in the IEEE 802.11ah standard.
  • An access point (Access Point, AP) negotiates a target wake time service period (Target Wake Time Service Period, TWT SP) with a station (Station, STA) by sending a management frame that carries a target wake time information element (Target Wake Time Information Element, TWT IE).
  • TWT IE target wake time information element
  • Document US 2014/112226 A1 discloses an apparatus for wireless communication, comprising: a first receiver configured to receive at least a first signal; a circuit comprising a second receiver configured to receive a second signal, wherein the second signal comprises a wake-up signal configured in NDP format including a signal field, the second receiver configured to, when in an awake state, consume less power than the first receiver when in an awake state, wherein the circuit is configured to take at least one action based on the second signal.
  • Document US 2014/334365 A1 discloses an apparatus for wireless communications, comprising: a processing system configured to determine, for one or more wireless devices in a group, an offset value relative to a reference time, said offset value being used to adjust target wakeup times; and a transmitter configured to signal the offset value to the one or more wireless devices in the group.
  • the AP may classify several STAs into one group, referred to as a TWT group.
  • a TWT group assignment (Group Assignment) field in the TWT IE may be used to configure a TWT SP common to STAs in one TWT group.
  • a STA may learn of, from a group identifier ID in the TWT group assignment field, which group the STA belongs to. In this way, STAs in this group only need to be awake in a wake time preset for the group, to receive data sent by the AP.
  • the AP negotiates with individual STAs, and negotiation efficiency is relatively low.
  • the method for negotiating with a plurality of STAs by the AP is actually that the AP indicates a unified wake time, lacking flexibility.
  • the embodiments of this application may be applied to a wireless local area network (Wireless Local Area Network, WLAN).
  • WLAN Wireless Local Area Network
  • the WLAN may include a plurality of basic service sets (Basic Service Set, BSS), and network nodes in a basic service set are STAs.
  • STAs include access point stations (Access Point, AP) and non access point stations (Non-AP STA, None Access Point Station).
  • Each basic service set may include one AP and a plurality of non-AP STAs associated with the AP.
  • the AP is also known as a wireless access point, a hot spot, or the like.
  • the AP is an access point for a mobile user to access a wired network, and is mainly deployed at home, or inside a building or a campus, with a coverage radius typically of tens to hundreds of meters. Certainly, the AP may alternatively be deployed outdoors.
  • the AP is equivalent to a bridge connecting a wired network and a wireless network. Main functions of the AP are connecting wireless network clients together, and connecting the wireless network to the Ethernet.
  • the AP may be a terminal device or a network device provided with a Wireless Fidelity (Wireless Fidelity, Wi-Fi) chip.
  • the AP may be a device supporting the 802.11ax standard.
  • the AP may be a device supporting a plurality of WLAN standards such as 802.11ac, 802.11n, 802.11g, 802.11b, and 802.11a.
  • the non-AP STA may be a wireless communications chip, a wireless sensor, or a wireless communications terminal.
  • the non-AP STA is a mobile phone supporting a Wi-Fi communication function, a tablet computer supporting a Wi-Fi communication function, a set top box supporting a Wi-Fi communication function, a smart TV supporting a Wi-Fi communication function, a smart wearable device supporting a Wi-Fi communication function, an in-vehicle communications device supporting a Wi-Fi communication function, or a computer supporting a Wi-Fi communication function.
  • the station may support the 802.11ax standard.
  • the station supports a plurality of WLAN standards such as 802.11ac, 802.11n, 802.11g, 802.11b, and 802.11a.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a system in a typical WLAN deployment scenario, including one AP and three STAs.
  • the AP communicates with a STA1, a STA2, and a STA3 separately.
  • the AP may perform uplink and downlink transmission with different STAs on different time-frequency resources.
  • the AP may perform uplink and downlink transmission in different modes, for example, a single-user multiple-input multiple-output (Single-User Multiple-Input Multiple-Output, SU-MIMO) mode in OFDMA or a multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (Multi-User Multiple-Input Multiple-Output, MU-MIMO) mode in OFDMA.
  • Single-user multiple-input multiple-output Single-User Multiple-Input Multiple-Output, SU-MIMO
  • Multi-User Multiple-Input Multiple-Output MU-MIMO
  • the AP may simultaneously send downlink physical layer protocol data units (Physical Layer Protocol Data Unit, PPDU) to a plurality of stations or a plurality of station groups.
  • PPDU Physical Layer Protocol Data Unit
  • the plurality of stations may be stations in the SU-MIMO mode
  • the plurality of station groups may be station groups in the MU-MIMO mode.
  • a name of the standard, a name of a field, or the like may be any substitution, and shall not be construed as a limitation on the protection scope of this application.
  • the description of the PPDU is also applicable to all the embodiments.
  • FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a method for negotiating a target wake time TWT according to an embodiment of this application. The following details the method for negotiating a target wake time TWT according to this embodiment of this application with reference to FIG. 2 .
  • An AP generates a plurality of first MAC frames corresponding to a plurality of stations STAs.
  • the AP generates the plurality of first MAC frames, and each first MAC frame is corresponding to one STA.
  • Each first MAC frame may carry a TWT parameter of a STA corresponding to the first MAC frame.
  • the STA may determine a wake time based on the TWT parameter. Specifically, when the STA determines the TWT parameter, the wake time of the STA is also determined.
  • the first MAC frame may alternatively carry instruction information, and the instruction information is used to instructa STA corresponding to the first MAC frame to send a TWT parameter of the STA to the AP.
  • the AP may specify a TWT parameter of a STA, or may instruct a STA to determine a TWT parameter by itself and notify the AP of the TWT parameter.
  • the plurality of STAs in this embodiment of this application are STAs that need to perform TWT negotiation, but not all STAs in a cell.
  • the AP sends a corresponding first MAC frame to each of the plurality of STAs simultaneously.
  • the AP may send the plurality of first MAC frames to the plurality of STAs by using an orthogonal frequency division multiple access OFDMA technology.
  • the AP may alternatively send the plurality of first MAC frames to the plurality of STAs by using a multi-user multiple-input multiple-output MU-MIMO technology.
  • the AP may alternatively send the plurality of first MAC frames to the plurality of STAs by using both an OFDMA technology and an MU-MIMO technology.
  • a manner of sending downlink MAC frames of multiple users by the AP is not limited in this application.
  • Each of the plurality of STAs determines a TWT parameter of the STA based on the corresponding first MAC frame.
  • the TWT parameter determined by the STA may be a TWT parameter added by the AP to the corresponding first MAC frame.
  • the STA may determine the TWT parameter by itself based on the instruction information carried in the first MAC frame.
  • the AP can simultaneously negotiate with the plurality of STAs a TWT parameter of each STA by sending the corresponding first MAC frame to each of the plurality of STAs simultaneously.
  • a prior-art disadvantage that an AP can negotiate a TWT parameter with only one STA at a time can be overcome. Therefore, negotiation efficiency can be improved.
  • stations STAs shown in FIG. 2 represent a plurality of STAs, and information sent by the stations STAs to the AP may be information sent by some of the STAs, or may be information sent by all of the STAs.
  • FIG. - 5 and FIG. 7 are similar to FIG. 2 and further explanation is not given.
  • the STA may not reply to the AP.
  • the AP may consider by default that the STA has correctly received the TWT parameter, and is to stay awake in an --agreed time to receive data sent by the AP.
  • Each of the plurality of first MAC frames further carries trigger information of the corresponding STA, and the trigger information includes resource scheduling information for uplink transmission of the corresponding STA.
  • Resource scheduling information for uplink transmission of a STA includes a resource block indication used, a modulation and coding scheme required, a quantity of spatial flows, a length of a physical protocol data unit (Physical Protocol Data Unit, PPDU), and the like when the STA performs multi-user uplink transmission.
  • PPDU Physical Protocol Data Unit
  • the method may further include: 104.
  • the AP receives acknowledgment information sent by some or all of the plurality of STAs based on corresponding trigger information when the some or all of the first STAs determine TWT parameters carried in corresponding first MAC frames.
  • the acknowledgment information may be acknowledgment (Acknowledgement, ACK) frames sent by the some or all of the plurality STAs, or may be acknowledgment information carried in a given field in data frames sent by the some or all of the plurality of STAs.
  • a specific form of the acknowledgment information is not limited in this application.
  • the method may further include: 105.
  • the AP receives second MAC frames sent by some or all of the plurality of STAs based on corresponding trigger information and instruction information that is carried in corresponding first MAC frames, where the second MAC frame carries a TWT parameter determined by a corresponding STA.
  • a given field in the first MAC frame may be used to carry the trigger information.
  • a STA may send an ACK frame to the AP on a corresponding resource block based on resource scheduling information of the STA. This indicates that the STA has successfully received a first MAC frame corresponding to the STA and accepts the TWT parameter indicated by the AP.
  • the STA may determine a TWT parameter by itself, and send, to the AP, a second MAC frame that carries the TWT parameter.
  • the AP may learn of the TWT parameter determined by the STA. In this case, the AP may not reply to the STA to acknowledge by default that the TWT parameter has been correctly received, and may send data to the STA as agreed. Alternatively, the AP may send an ACK frame to the corresponding STA.
  • the AP may send a negative acknowledgment (Negative Acknowledgement, NACK) response to the corresponding STA. Then, a next round of negotiation may be performed.
  • NACK negative acknowledgment
  • the method may further include: 106.
  • the AP sends trigger information to first STAs in the plurality of STAs, where the trigger information includes resource scheduling information for uplink transmission of each of the first STAs.
  • the AP may receive ACK frames sent by some or all of the first STAs based on the trigger information when the some or all of the first STAs determine TWT parameters carried in corresponding first MAC frames.
  • the AP may alternatively receive second MAC frames sent by some or all of the first STAs based on the trigger information and instruction information that is carried in corresponding first MAC frames, where the second MAC frame carries a TWT parameter determined by a corresponding STA.
  • the AP may separately send a trigger frame after sending the first MAC frame.
  • the trigger frame carries the trigger information.
  • the AP may alternatively aggregate and send a first MAC frame and a trigger frame together by using an aggregate MAC protocol data unit (Aggregate MAC Protocol Data Unit, A-MPDU), where the trigger frame carries the trigger information.
  • a manner of sending the trigger information by the AP is not limited in this application.
  • the first STAs may be the plurality of STAs or some of the plurality of STAs. That is, the AP may send trigger information to the plurality of STAs, or may send trigger information to some of the plurality of STAs. Specifically, after receiving the corresponding first MAC frame sent by the AP, each of the plurality of STAs may make a reply based on respective trigger information. To be specific, the STA replies with an ACK frame or a second MAC frame based on information carried in the first MAC frame. Alternatively, a STA in the plurality of STAs first makes a reply, and then, another STA makes a corresponding reply based on corresponding trigger information.
  • the STA may reply to the AP by using a data frame that includes the acknowledgment information.
  • the STA may alternatively make a reply by using a block acknowledgment (Block Acknowledgement, BA) frame.
  • Block Acknowledgement BA
  • the AP may send, to each STA, a MAC frame that carries a TWT information element (Information Element) IE described in Table 1.
  • a TWT parameter is given in a corresponding field in the TWT IE.
  • the STA is instructed to give a TWT parameter.
  • TWT request 0 indicates a TWT sent from a requesting side; 1 indicates a TWT replied by a responding side.
  • Implicit 0 indicates an explicit TWT; 1 indicates an implicit TWT.
  • TWT flow identifier indicating a negotiated TWT number.
  • the AP may negotiate a plurality of wake times with one STA, and may negotiate a TWT start time, TWT duration, a channel parameter used in a wake period, and the like.
  • An AP needs to deliver three multicast frames: a multicast frame 1, a multicast frame 2, and a multicast frame 3.
  • the multicast frame 1 is sent to the STA1 and the STA2
  • the multicast frame 2 is sent to the STA1 and the STA3
  • the multicast frame 3 is sent to the STA1, the STA2, and the STA3.
  • the AP sends, in an OFDMA mode to the STAs that need to receive a multicast frame, MAC frames that carry a TWT IE, to perform negotiation, giving TWT parameters or requesting the STAs to give TWT parameters.
  • a MAC frame sent to one STA may carry a plurality of TWT IEs. That is, the AP may negotiate a plurality of TWT SPs with one STA at a time.
  • the AP sends a trigger frame (Trigger Frame, TF) by using an A-MPDU, to indicate resource scheduling information for uplink transmission of the STA.
  • Trigger Frame Trigger Frame
  • the STAs check whether their own TWT IEs exist in these MAC frames. When the STA4 does not find its own MAC frame, the STA4 goes to sleep or stays awake all the time.
  • the STA5 receives a MAC frame, but the MAC frame does not carry a TWT IE.
  • the STA5 does not need to negotiate a TWT with the AP now.
  • the MAC frame may be a data frame sent by the AP to the STA5. In this case, the STA5 receives the MAC frame, but does not need to negotiate a TWT with the AP. After correctly receiving the data frame, the STA5 makes a reply by sending an ACK frame to the AP.
  • the STA1, the STA2, and the STA3 obtain TWT IEs sent to them. Then, after the STA1, the STA2, and the STA3 reply, on respective resource blocks, with ACK frames or MAC frames that carry a TWT IE, their respective TWTs are set up, and the STA1, the STA2, and the STA3 are awake in predetermined times to receive multicast frames. Specifically, the STA1 stays awake in a service period SP1.1 to receive the multicast frame 1, the multicast frame 2, and the multicast frame 3. The STA2 stays awake in service periods SP2.1 and SP2.2 to receive the multicast frame 1 and the multicast frame 3. The STA3 stays awake in a service period SP3.1 to receive the multicast frame 2 and the multicast frame 3.
  • a specific process of negotiation by the AP in the OFDMA mode is shown in FIG. 4 .
  • a MAC frame sent by the AP to the STA2 carries two TWT IEs, and TWT flow identifiers of the two TWT IEs are 1 and 2. Then, each STA replies with a MAC frame on a corresponding resource block according to an instruction of a trigger frame.
  • a MAC frame returned by the STA2 carries two TWT IEs, and both the two TWT IEs indicate that the STA2 accepts a TWT parameter given by the AP.
  • the AP can simultaneously negotiate with the plurality of STAs a TWT parameter of each STA by sending the corresponding first MAC frame to each of the plurality of STAs simultaneously.
  • a prior-art disadvantage that an AP can negotiate a TWT parameter with only one STA at a time can be overcome. Therefore, negotiation efficiency can be improved.
  • FIG. 5 is a flowchart of a method for negotiating a target wake time TWT according to another embodiment of this application. The following details the method for negotiating a target wake time TWT according to this embodiment of this application with reference to FIG. 5 .
  • An AP sends trigger information to a plurality of stations STAs.
  • the trigger information instructs at least two STAs to send first MAC frames to the AP.
  • the first MAC frame may carry a TWT parameter of a corresponding STA, or may carry instruction information.
  • the instruction information is used to instructthe AP to send, to a corresponding STA, a second MAC frame that carries a TWT parameter of the corresponding STA.
  • the trigger information may indicate by default that the STA is free to select whether to send a first MAC frame that carries a TWT parameter.
  • the trigger information further includes resource scheduling information for uplink transmission of a STA.
  • the resource scheduling information includes a resource block indication used, a modulation and coding scheme required, a quantity of spatial flows, a length of a physical protocol data unit, and the like when the STA performs multi-user uplink transmission.
  • the AP receives a first MAC frame sent by each of some or all of the plurality of STAs based on the trigger information.
  • the some or all of the plurality STAs may send the first MAC frames by using at least one of an OFDMA technology and an MU-MIMO technology.
  • the some or all of the plurality of STAs may alternatively send the first MAC frames by using both an OFDMA technology and an MU-MIMO technology.
  • the plurality of STAs are triggered by the AP to proactively and simultaneously initiate TWT negotiation.
  • the AP can simultaneously negotiate TWTs with the plurality of STAs, so that a prior-art disadvantage that an AP can negotiate a TWT parameter with only one STA at a time can be overcome. Therefore, negotiation efficiency can be improved.
  • the method may further include: 403.
  • the AP sends acknowledgment information to a corresponding STA based on a TWT parameter of the STA carried in a first MAC frame.
  • the acknowledgment information may be an acknowledgment ACK frame sent by the AP to the STA.
  • the acknowledgment information may be sent by the AP to the STA by using a given field in a sent data frame.
  • the AP may not reply to the STA.
  • the STA may consider by default that the AP has correctly received the TWT parameter, and is to stay awake in an agreed time to receive data sent by the AP.
  • the method may further include: 404.
  • the AP sends a second MAC frame to a corresponding STA based on instruction information carried in a first MAC frame.
  • the AP may specify a TWT parameter of the STA based on the instruction information, and send, to the STA, a second MAC frame that carries the TWT parameter.
  • the STA may not reply to the AP.
  • the AP may consider by default that the STA has correctly received the TWT parameter, and is to stay awake in an agreed time to receive data sent by the AP.
  • the STA may alternatively send acknowledgment information to the AP. This indicates that the STA has correctly received the TWT parameter, and is to stay awake in an agreed time to receive data sent by the AP.
  • the STA may send, to the AP, a MAC frame that carries a TWT IE.
  • a TWT parameter is given in a corresponding field in the TWT IE.
  • the AP is instructed to give a TWT parameter.
  • An AP needs to deliver three multicast frames: a multicast frame 1, a multicast frame 2, and a multicast frame 3.
  • the multicast frame 1 is sent to the STA1 and the STA2
  • the multicast frame 2 is sent to the STA1 and the STA3
  • the multicast frame 3 is sent to the STA1, the STA2, and the STA3.
  • the AP sends a trigger frame TF to the STA1, the STA2, and the STA3, to instruct the STA1, the STA2, and the STA3 to transmit uplink MAC frames that carry a TWT IE.
  • the AP also sends a trigger frame TF to the STA5, to indicate that the STA5 does not need to negotiate a TWT with the AP.
  • the STA5 may transmit an uplink data-type MAC frame based on the trigger frame TF. Because the STA4 does not need to receive a multicast frame, the TF frame sent by the AP may indicate that the STA4 does not need to send a MAC frame that carries a TWT IE, to perform TWT negotiation.
  • the STA4 enters a sleep state or a wake state.
  • the STA1, the STA2, and the STA3 send, on respective resource blocks and in an OFDMA mode, MAC frames that carry a TWT IE, giving their TWT parameters or requesting the AP to give TWT parameters.
  • the STA5 sends a data-type MAC frame on a resource block of the STA5.
  • the AP replies, to the STA1, the STA2, and the STA3, with ACK frames or MAC frames that carry a TWT IE, to perform negotiation, and sends an ACK frame to the STA5 to make an acknowledgment reply.
  • the STA1, the STA2, and the STA3 stay awake in predetermined TWT SPs to receive their multicast frames, and the STA5 enters a sleep state or wake state.
  • the STA1 stays awake in a service period SP1.1 to receive the multicast frame 1, the multicast frame 2, and the multicast frame 3.
  • the STA2 stays awake in service periods SP2.1 and SP2.2 to receive the multicast frame 1 and the multicast frame 3.
  • the STA3 stays awake in a service period SP3.1 to receive the multicast frame 2 and the multicast frame 3.
  • FIG. 7 is a flowchart of a method for negotiating a target wake time TWT according to still another embodiment of this application. The following details the method for negotiating a target wake time TWT according to this embodiment of this application with reference to FIG. 7 .
  • An AP generates a first MAC frame, where the first MAC frame carries a plurality of pieces of target wake time TWT information that are corresponding to first stations STAs in a plurality of STAs in a one-to-one manner.
  • the first STAs may be all of the plurality -of STAs or some of the plurality of STAs.
  • the first MAC frame may carry TWT information 0f the plurality of STAs, or TWT-: information of only some of the plurality of STAs:
  • the TWT information may be a TWT parameter of a corresponding STA, or instruction information for instructing a corresponding STA to send a TWT parameter of the STA to the AP.
  • the first MAC frame may be a beacon frame sent by the AP. This is not limited in this application.
  • the AP sends the first MAC frame to the plurality of STAs, where the first MAC frame is used for each of the first STAs to determine a TWT parameter of the STA based on corresponding TWT information.
  • the AP broadcasts the first MAC frame to the plurality of STAs, and after receiving the first MAC frame, a STA determines a TWT parameter of the STA based on TWT information that is in the first MAC frame and that is corresponding to the STA.
  • the STA may determine the TWT parameter that is in the first MAC frame and that is corresponding to the STA, as a final TWT parameter. That is, a TWT SP is determined.
  • the STA may determine the TWT parameter by itself, and send the TWT parameter to the AP.
  • TWT parameters that are of the STAs and that may be carried in the first MAC frame may be the same or different. In other words, all the STAs may stay awake in a same time period or may stay awake in different time periods, to receive data sent by the AP.
  • the AP can simultaneously negotiate TWTs with some or all of the plurality of STAs by sending, to the plurality of STAs, TWT information of the some or all of the plurality of STAs, so that a prior-art disadvantage that an AP can negotiate a TWT parameter with only one STA at a time can be overcome. Therefore, negotiation efficiency can be improved.
  • the AP may generate the first MAC frame by aggregating a plurality of MAC frames that are corresponding to the first STAs in a one-to-one manner. That is, a multiple destination aggregate MAC protocol data unit (Multiple Destination Aggregate MAC Protocol Data Unit, MD-A-MPDU) may be used to directly carry TWT information of the plurality of STAs. Destination addresses of the plurality of aggregated MAC frames point to different STAs, and a STA may identify, based on a receiver address of a MAC frame, whether TWT information carried in the MD-A-MPDU is sent to the STA.
  • MD-A-MPDU Multiple Destination Aggregate MAC Protocol Data Unit
  • the AP may generate the first MAC frame by generating a first information element that carries the plurality of pieces of TWT information.
  • the first information element may include a plurality of first fields and a plurality of second fields, each first field defines a unique identifier ID corresponding to an i th STA in the first STAs, and each second field defines TWT information corresponding to the i th STA.
  • the first information element may be the TWT IE described in Table 1.
  • an IE used for multi-user TWT negotiation may be generated by re-defining the TWT IE described in Table 1.
  • Table 2 IE used for multi-user TWT negotiation Element identifier Length Unique identifier of STA1 TWT information Unique identifier of STA2 TWT information ...
  • the AP may negotiate TWTs with some or all of the plurality of STAs by sending, to the plurality of STAs, a first MAC frame that carries the IE used for multi-user TWT negotiation.
  • the STA1 may obtain, based on the "unique identifier of STA1" field in Table 2, TWT information corresponding to the STA1, that is, content in the "TWT information" field following the "unique identifier of STA1" field.
  • the STA2 may obtain, based on the "unique identifier of STA2" field in Table 2, TWT information corresponding to the STA2.
  • the STA1 and the STA2 may negotiate TWTs with the AP based on the TWT parameter in the TWT information or based on the instruction information. If a STA, for example, the STA4, finds no "unique identifier of STA4" field in Table 2, the STA does not negotiate a TWT parameter with the AP, and then goes to sleep or stays awake all the time.
  • the method may further include: 603.
  • the AP sends trigger information to the first STAs, where the trigger information includes resource scheduling information for uplink transmission of each of the first STAs.
  • the STA may reply to the AP based on the corresponding resource scheduling information.
  • the AP generates the first MAC frame by generating a trigger frame that carries the plurality of pieces of TWT information.
  • the trigger frame may include a plurality of third fields, fourth fields, and fifth fields, each third field defines a unique identifier ID corresponding to an i th STA in the first STAs, each fourth field defines resource scheduling information corresponding to the i th STA in the first STAs, and each fifth field defines TWT information corresponding to the i th STA in the first STAs.
  • the trigger frame may be a trigger frame used for multi-user TWT negotiation described in Table 3.
  • a field of a unique identifier ID of the i th STA may precede a field defining resource scheduling information of the STA and a field defining TWT information of the STA.
  • the "unique identifier of STA2" field in Table 3 precedes a resource scheduling information field and a "TWT information” field of the STA2.
  • the AP may negotiate a plurality of SPs with the STA2, and may define the "TWT information 1" field, the "TWT information 2" field, and the "TWT information 3" field that follow the resource scheduling information field of the STA2, as TWT information of the STA2.
  • Resource scheduling information of a STA includes a resource block indication used, a modulation and coding scheme required, a quantity of spatial flows, a length of a physical protocol data unit, and the like when the STA performs multi-user uplink transmission.
  • Table 3 Trigger frame used for multi-user TWT negotiation MAC frame header Unique identifier of STA1 Resource scheduling information TWT information Unique identifier of STA2 Resource scheduling information TWT information 1 TWT information 2 TWT information 3 ...
  • the AP generates the first MAC frame by generating a second information element that carries the plurality of pieces of TWT information.
  • the second information element includes a plurality of sixth fields, and each sixth field defines TWT information corresponding to an i th STA in the first STAs.
  • the MAC frame may further include a plurality of seventh fields and a plurality of eighth fields. Each seventh field defines a unique identifier ID corresponding to the i th STA in the first STAs, and each eighth field defines resource scheduling information corresponding to the i th STA in the first STAs.
  • the second information element may be the TWT IE described in Table 1.
  • a MAC frame used for multi-user TWT negotiation is described in Table 4.
  • TWT information of a STA may be defined in the MAC frame.
  • TWT information of the STA1 may be defined in the field "TWT information (STA1)”
  • TWT information of the STA2 may be defined in the field "TWT information 1 (STA2)", the field "TWT information 2 (STA2)", and the field "TWT information 3 (STA2)”.
  • the AP may negotiate three same or different TWT SPs with the STA2.
  • some fields in the first MAC frame are also be used to define a unique identifier of a STA and resource scheduling information of the STA.
  • the resource scheduling information of the STA includes a resource block indication used, a modulation and coding scheme required, a quantity of spatial flows, a length of a PPDU, and the like when the STA performs multi-user uplink transmission.
  • the field defining the unique identifier of the STA may follow a field defining resource scheduling information of the STA, and a field defining TWT information of the STA in the MAC frame may have a same ordinal position as a previous field defining a unique identifier of the STA.
  • Table 4 MAC frame used for multi-user TWT negotiation MAC frame header Unique identifier of STA1 Resource scheduling information Unique identifier of STA2 Resource scheduling information Element identifier Length TWT information (STA1) TWT information 1 (STA2) TWT information 2 (STA2) TWT information 3 (STA2) ...
  • the first MAC frame may further include a group identifier field, and the group identifier field indicates a group to which each STA belongs.
  • a "group identifier" field may be defined, representing a group to which a STA that requires TWT negotiation belongs.
  • a "group identifier" field may also be defined in the fields in the IE or the MAC frame described in Table 2 to Table 4. For brevity, details are not described herein.
  • a TWT SP common to STAs in one TWT group may be configured by using a "TWT group assignment" field in a TWT IE in 802.11ah.
  • the AP classifies several STAs into a group, referred to as a TWT group.
  • a TWT SP in which this group of STAs are all awake is defined by using the "TWT group assignment" field, and the group is indicated by a group identifier.
  • a STA learns of, from a group identifier, which group the STA belongs to, and only needs to be awake in a predetermined wake time of the group.
  • TWT SPs of STAs in a same group are the same, lacking flexibility.
  • TWT SPs of STAs in a same group may be the same or different, providing higher flexibility.
  • the AP may perform TWT negotiation with a grouped STA and a newly scheduled STA simultaneously. This can improve negotiation efficiency and save energy of a STA.
  • the method may further include: 604.
  • the AP receives acknowledgment information sent by some or all of the first STAs based on the trigger information when the some or all of the first STAs determine corresponding TWT parameters carried in the first MAC frame.
  • a STA may send an acknowledgment to the AP. This indicates that the STA has correctly received the TWT parameter and accepts the TWT parameter, and is to stay awake in a TWT SP indicated by the TWT parameter, to receive data sent by the AP.
  • the STA may alternatively not rely to the AP, and the AP considers by default that the STA has correctly received and accepts the TWT parameter. Then, the AP sends data to the STA in a TWT SP indicated by the TWT parameter.
  • the method may further include: 605.
  • the AP receives second MAC frames sent by some or all of the first STAs based on the trigger information and corresponding instruction information that is carried in the first MAC frame, where TWT information carried in the second MAC frame carries a TWT parameter determined by a corresponding STA.
  • a STA may determine a TWT parameter by itself, and send, to the AP, a second MAC frame that carries the TWT parameter determined by the STA, so as to negotiate a TWT with the AP.
  • the AP may reply with acknowledgment information, indicating that the negotiation is successful.
  • the AP sends data to the STA in a TWT SP indicated by the TWT parameter.
  • FIG. 8 is a flowchart of a method for negotiating a target wake time TWT according to an embodiment of this application. The following details the method for negotiating a target wake time TWT according to this embodiment of this application with reference to FIG. 8 .
  • a STA receives trigger information sent by an access point AP, where the trigger information is used to instructthe STA to send a first media access control MAC frame corresponding to the STA to the AP.
  • the STA sends a first MAC frame to the AP based on the trigger information, where the first MAC frame carries a target wake time TWT parameter of the STA or instruction information for instructing the AP to send a TWT parameter to the STA, and the TWT parameter is used for the AP to send acknowledgment information to the STA.
  • the STA may send the first MAC frame to the AP based on the trigger information by using at least one of an orthogonal frequency division multiple access OFDMA technology and a multi-user multiple-input multiple-output MU-MIMO technology.
  • the method further includes: 703.
  • the STA receives acknowledgment information sent by the AP based on the TWT parameter of the STA carried in the first MAC frame.
  • the method further includes: 704.
  • the STA receives a second MAC frame that carries the TWT parameter of the STA and that is sent by the AP based on the instruction information carried in the first MAC frame.
  • a STA in a plurality of STAs may be triggered by the AP to negotiate a TWT with the AP.
  • another STA may also be triggered by the AP to negotiate a TWT with the AP. Therefore, negotiation efficiency can be improved.
  • the foregoing has detailed the method for negotiating a target wake time TWT according to the embodiments of this application with reference to FIG. 2 to FIG. 8 .
  • the following describes an access point AP according to the embodiments of this application with reference to FIG. 9 to FIG. 11 .
  • FIG. 9 is a schematic block diagram of an access point AP 800 according to an embodiment of this application.
  • the access point AP 800 may include a generation unit 810 and a sending unit 820.
  • the generation unit 810 may generate a plurality of first media access control MAC frames, where the plurality of first MAC frames are corresponding to a plurality of stations STAs in a one-to-one manner, and each of the plurality of first MAC frames carries a target wake time TWT parameter of a corresponding STA or instruction information for instructing a corresponding STA to send a TWT parameter.
  • the sending unit 820 may send, to each of the plurality of STAs simultaneously, a corresponding first MAC frame generated by the generation unit 810, where the first MAC frame is used to determine a TWT parameter with a STA corresponding to the first MAC frame.
  • the AP can simultaneously negotiate with the plurality of STAs a TWT parameter of each STA by sending the corresponding first MAC frame to each of the plurality of STAs simultaneously.
  • a prior-art disadvantage that an AP can negotiate a TWT parameter with only one STA at a time can be overcome. Therefore, negotiation efficiency can be improved.
  • the sending unit 820 may be specifically configured to send the corresponding first MAC frame to each of the plurality of STAs simultaneously by using at least one of an orthogonal frequency division multiple access OFDMA technology and a multi-user multiple-input multiple-output MU-MIMO technology.
  • each of the plurality of first MAC frames carries trigger information of the corresponding STA, and the trigger information includes resource scheduling information for uplink transmission of the corresponding STA.
  • the access point AP 800 may further include: a first receiving unit, configured to receive acknowledgment information sent by some or all STAs of the plurality of STAs based on the corresponding trigger information when the some or all of the first STAs determine TWT parameters carried in corresponding first MAC frames, and/or receive second MAC frames sent by some or all of the plurality of STAs based on corresponding trigger information and instruction information that is carried in corresponding first MAC frames, where the second MAC frame carries a TWT parameter determined by a corresponding STA.
  • the sending unit 820 is further configured to send trigger information to first STAs in the plurality of STAs, where the trigger information includes resource scheduling information for uplink transmission of each of the first STAs.
  • the access point AP 800 may further include: a second receiving unit, configured to receive acknowledgment information sent by some or all of the first STAs based on the trigger information when the some or all of the first STAs determine TWT parameters carried in corresponding first MAC frames, and/or receive second MAC frames sent by some or all of the first STAs based on the trigger information and instruction information that is carried in corresponding first MAC frames, where the second MAC frame carries a TWT parameter determined by a corresponding STA.
  • the sending unit 820 may be specifically configured to send trigger information of corresponding STAs in the first STAs by sending corresponding aggregate MAC protocol data units to the first STAs, where the aggregate MAC protocol data unit includes a first MAC frame and a trigger frame of a corresponding STA, and the trigger frame carries trigger information of the corresponding STA.
  • the access point AP 800 herein is embodied in a form of a functional unit.
  • the term "unit" herein may be an application-specific integrated circuit (Application-Specific Integrated Circuit, ASIC), an electronic circuit, a processor configured to execute one or more software or firmware programs (for example, a shared processor, a dedicated processor, or a group processor) and a memory, or a merged logic circuit and/or another appropriate component supporting the described functions.
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  • the access point AP 800 may be specifically the access point AP in the method shown in FIG 2 , and the access point AP 800 may be configured to perform the procedures and/steps corresponding to the access point AP that are in the method shown in FIG. 2 . To avoid repetition, details are not described herein again.
  • FIG. 10 is a schematic block diagram of an access point AP 900 according to another embodiment of this application.
  • the access point AP 900 may include a sending unit 910 and a receiving unit 920.
  • the sending unit 910 may send trigger information to a plurality of stations STAs, where the trigger information is used to instructeach of some or all of the plurality of STAs to send a first media access control MAC frame corresponding to the STA.
  • the receiving unit 920 may receive the first MAC frame sent by each of the some or all of the plurality of STAs based on the trigger information sent by the sending unit 910, where the first MAC frame carries a target wake time TWT parameter of the corresponding STA or instruction information for instructing the AP to send a TWT parameter to the corresponding STA, the TWT parameter is used to negotiate a TWT of the corresponding STA, and the instruction information is used to instruct the AP to send, to the corresponding STA, a second MAC frame that carries the TWT parameter of the corresponding STA.
  • the plurality of STAs are triggered by the AP to proactively and simultaneously initiate TWT negotiation.
  • the AP can simultaneously negotiate TWTs with the plurality of STAs, so that a prior-art disadvantage that an AP can negotiate a TWT parameter with only one STA at a time can be overcome. Therefore, negotiation efficiency can be improved.
  • the receiving unit 920 may be specifically configured to receive the first MAC frames sent by the some or all of the plurality of STAs based on the trigger information by using at least one of an orthogonal frequency division multiple access OFDMA technology and a multi-user multiple-input multiple-output MU-MIMO technology.
  • the sending unit 910 may be further configured to send acknowledgment information to the corresponding STA based on the TWT parameter of the STA carried in the first MAC frame, or send the second MAC frame to the corresponding STA based on the instruction information carried in the first MAC frame.
  • the access point AP 900 herein is embodied in a form of a functional unit.
  • the term "unit" herein may be an application-specific integrated circuit (Application Specific Integrated Circuit, ASIC), an electronic circuit, a processor configured to execute one or more software or firmware programs (for example, a shared processor, a dedicated processor, or a group processor) and a memory, or a merged logic circuit and/or another appropriate component supporting the described functions.
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  • the access point AP 900 may be specifically the access point AP in the method shown in FIG 5
  • the access point AP 900 may be configured to perform the procedures and/steps corresponding to the access point AP that are in the method shown in FIG. 5 . To avoid repetition, details are not described herein again.
  • FIG. 11 is a schematic block diagram of an access point AP 1000 according to another embodiment of this application.
  • the access point AP 1000 may include a generation unit 1010 and a sending unit 1020.
  • the generation unit 1010 may generate a first media access control MAC frame, where the first MAC frame carries a plurality of pieces of target wake time TWT information that are corresponding to first station STAs in a plurality of STAs in a one-to-one manner.
  • the sending unit 1020 may send, to the plurality of STAs, the first MAC frame generated by the generation unit 1010, where the first MAC frame is used for each of the first STAs to determine a TWT parameter of the STA based on corresponding TWT information.
  • the AP can simultaneously negotiate TWTs with some or all of the plurality of STAs by sending, to the plurality of STAs, TWT information of the some or all of the plurality of STAs, so that a prior-art disadvantage that an AP can negotiate a TWT parameter with only one STA at a time can be overcome. Therefore, negotiation efficiency can be improved.
  • the generation unit 1010 may be specifically configured to generate the first MAC frame by aggregating a plurality of MAC frames that are corresponding to the first STAs in a one-to-one manner.
  • the generation unit 1010 may be specifically configured to generate the first MAC frame by generating a first information element that carries the plurality of pieces of TWT information, where the first information element includes a plurality of first fields and a plurality of second fields, each first field defines a unique identifier ID corresponding to an i th STA in the first STAs, and each second field defines TWT information corresponding to the i th STA.
  • the generation unit 1010 may be specifically configured to generate the first MAC frame by generating a trigger frame that carries the plurality of pieces of TWT information, where the trigger frame includes a plurality of third fields, fourth fields, and fifth fields, each third field defines a unique identifier ID corresponding to an i th STA in the first STAs, each fourth field defines resource scheduling information corresponding to the i th STA in the first STAs, and each fifth field defines TWT information corresponding to the i th STA in the first STAs.
  • the generation unit 1010 may be specifically configured to generate the first MAC frame by generating a second information element that carries the plurality of pieces of TWT information, where the second information element includes a plurality of sixth fields, and each sixth field defines TWT information corresponding to an i th STA in the first STAs; and the MAC frame further includes a plurality of seventh fields and a plurality of eighth fields, where each seventh field defines a unique identifier ID corresponding to the i th STA in the first STAs, and each eighth field defines resource scheduling information corresponding to the i th STA in the first STAs.
  • an ordinal position of an i th seventh field is corresponding to an ordinal position of a sixth field that is in the second information element and that defines TWT information of a STA corresponding to the i th seventh field.
  • the sending unit 1020 may be further configured to send trigger information to the first STAs, where the trigger information includes resource scheduling information for uplink transmission of each of the first STAs.
  • the TWT information includes a TWT parameter of a corresponding STA.
  • the access point AP 1000 may further include: a first receiving unit, configured to receive acknowledgment information sent by some or all of the first STAs based on the trigger information when the some or all of the first STAs determine corresponding TWT parameters carried in the first MAC frame.
  • the TWT information includes instruction information for instructing the AP to send the TWT parameter to the corresponding STA.
  • the access point AP 1000 may further include: a second receiving unit, configured to receive second MAC frames sent by some or all of the first STAs based on the trigger information and corresponding instruction information that is carried in the first MAC frame, where TWT information carried in the second MAC frame carries a TWT parameter determined by a corresponding STA.
  • the access point AP 1000 herein is embodied in a form of a functional unit.
  • the term "unit" herein may be an application-specific integrated circuit (Application Specific Integrated Circuit, ASIC), an electronic circuit, a processor configured to execute one or more software or firmware programs (for example, a shared processor, a dedicated processor, or a group processor) and a memory, or a merged logic circuit and/or another appropriate component supporting the described functions.
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  • the access point AP 1000 may be specifically the access point AP in the method shown in FIG 7 , and the access point AP 1000 may be configured to perform the procedures and/steps corresponding to the access point AP that are in the method shown in FIG. 7 . To avoid repetition, details are not described herein again.
  • FIG. 12 is a schematic block diagram of a station STA 1100 according to another embodiment of this application.
  • the station STA 1100 may include a receiving unit 1110 and a sending unit 1120.
  • the receiving unit 1110 may receive trigger information sent by an access point AP, where the trigger information is used to instructthe STA to send a first media access control MAC frame corresponding to the STA to the AP.
  • the sending unit 1120 may send the first MAC frame to the AP based on the trigger information received by the receiving unit 1110, where the first MAC frame carries a target wake time TWT parameter of the STA or instruction information for instructing the AP to send a TWT parameter to the STA, and the TWT parameter is used to negotiate a TWT of the STA.
  • a STA in a plurality of STAs may be triggered by the AP to negotiate a TWT with the AP.
  • another STA may also be triggered by the AP to negotiate a TWT with the AP. Therefore, negotiation efficiency can be improved.
  • the sending unit 1120 may be specifically configured to send the first MAC frame to the AP based on the trigger information by using at least one of an orthogonal frequency division multiple access OFDMA technology and a multi-user multiple-input multiple-output MU-MIMO technology.
  • the receiving unit 1110 may be further configured to receive acknowledgment information sent by the AP based on the TWT parameter of the STA carried in the first MAC frame, or receive a second MAC frame that carries the TWT parameter of the STA and that is sent by the AP based on the instruction information carried in the first MAC frame.
  • the station STA 1100 herein is embodied in a form of a functional unit.
  • the term "unit" herein may be an application-specific integrated circuit (Application Specific Integrated Circuit, ASIC), an electronic circuit, a processor configured to execute one or more software or firmware programs (for example, a shared processor, a dedicated processor, or a group processor) and a memory, or a merged logic circuit and/or another appropriate component supporting the described functions.
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  • the station STA 1100 may be specifically any one of the stations STAs in the methods shown in FIG. 2 , FIG. 5 , and FIG. 7 , or may be the station STA in the method shown in FIG. 8 .
  • the station STA 1100 may be configured to perform the procedures and/or steps that are in the methods shown in FIG. 2 , FIG. 5 , and FIG. 7 and that are corresponding to any one of the stations STAs, and may also be configured to perform the procedures and/or steps corresponding to the station STA that are in the method shown in FIG. 8 . To avoid repetition, details are not described herein again.
  • FIG. 13 shows an access point AP 1200 according to an embodiment of this application.
  • the access point AP 1200 includes a transmitter 1210, a receiver 1220, a processor 1230, a memory 1240, and a bus system 1250.
  • the transmitter 1210, the receiver 1220, the processor 1230, and the memory 1240 are connected by the bus system 1250.
  • the memory 1240 is configured to store an instruction.
  • the processor 1230 is configured to execute the instruction stored in the memory 1240, to control the transmitter 1210 to send a signal and control the receiver 1220 to receive a signal.
  • the processor 1230 may generate a plurality of first media access control MAC frames, where the plurality of first MAC frames are corresponding to a plurality of stations STAs in a one-to-one manner, and each of the plurality of first MAC frames carries a target wake time TWT parameter of a corresponding STA or instruction information for instructing a corresponding STA to send a TWT parameter.
  • the transmitter 1210 may send a corresponding first MAC frame to each of the plurality of STAs simultaneously, where the first MAC frame is used to determine a TWT parameter with a STA corresponding to the first MAC frame.
  • the AP can simultaneously negotiate with the plurality of STAs a TWT parameter of each STA by sending the corresponding first MAC frame to each of the plurality of STAs simultaneously.
  • a prior-art disadvantage that an AP can negotiate a TWT parameter with only one STA at a time can be overcome. Therefore, negotiation efficiency can be improved.
  • the transmitter 1210 may be specifically configured to send the corresponding first MAC frame to each of the plurality of STAs simultaneously by using at least one of an orthogonal frequency division multiple access OFDMA technology and a multi-user multiple-input multiple-output MU-MIMO technology.
  • each of the plurality of first MAC frames carries trigger information of the corresponding STA, and the trigger information includes resource scheduling information for uplink transmission of the corresponding STA.
  • the receiver 1220 may be configured to receive acknowledgment information sent by some or all of the plurality of STAs based on corresponding trigger information when the some or all of the first STAs determine TWT parameters carried in corresponding first MAC frames, and/or receive second MAC frames sent by some or all of the plurality of STAs based on corresponding trigger information and instruction information that is carried in corresponding first MAC frames, where the second MAC frame carries a TWT parameter determined by a corresponding STA.
  • the transmitter 1210 may be further configured to send trigger information to first STAs in the plurality of STAs, where the trigger information includes resource scheduling information for uplink transmission of each of the first STAs.
  • the receiver 1220 may be configured to receive acknowledgment information sent by some or all of the first STAs based on the trigger information when the some or all of the first STAs determine TWT parameters carried in corresponding first MAC frames, and/or receive second MAC frames sent by some or all of the first STAs based on the trigger information and instruction information that is carried in corresponding first MAC frames, where the second MAC frame carries a TWT parameter determined by a corresponding STA.
  • the transmitter 1210 may be specifically configured to send trigger information of corresponding STAs in the first STAs by sending corresponding aggregate MAC protocol data units to the first STAs, where the aggregate MAC protocol data unit includes a first MAC frame and a trigger frame of a corresponding STA, and the trigger frame carries trigger information of the corresponding STA.
  • the access point AP 1200 may be specifically the access point AP 800 in the foregoing embodiment, and may be configured to perform the steps and/or procedures in the method embodiment shown in FIG. 2 .
  • the memory 1240 may include a read-only memory and a random access memory, and provide an instruction and data to the processor 1230.
  • a part of the memory 1240 may further include a non-volatile random access memory.
  • the memory may further store device type information.
  • the processor 1230 may be configured to execute the instruction stored in the memory. When the processor executes the instruction stored in the memory, the processor is configured to perform the steps and/or procedures in the method embodiment shown in FIG. 2 .
  • details are not described herein again.
  • FIG. 14 shows an access point AP 1300 according to an embodiment of this application.
  • the access point AP 1300 includes a transmitter 1310, a receiver 1320, a processor 1330, a memory 1340, and a bus system 1350.
  • the transmitter 1310, the receiver 1320, the processor 1330, and the memory 1340 are connected by the bus system 1350.
  • the memory 1340 is configured to store an instruction.
  • the processor 1330 is configured to execute the instruction stored in the memory 1340, to control the transmitter 1310 to send a signal and control the receiver 1320 to receive a signal.
  • the transmitter 1310 may send trigger information to a plurality of stations STAs, where the trigger information is used to instructeach of some or all of the plurality of STAs to send a first media access control MAC frame corresponding to the STA.
  • the receiver 1320 may receive the first MAC frame sent by each of the some or all of the plurality of STAs based on the trigger information, where the first MAC frame carries a target wake time TWT parameter of the corresponding STA or instruction information for instructing the AP to send a TWT parameter to the corresponding STA, the TWT parameter is used to negotiate a TWT of the corresponding STA, and the instruction information is used to instruct the AP to send, to the corresponding STA, a second MAC frame that carries the TWT parameter of the corresponding STA.
  • the plurality of STAs are triggered by the AP to proactively and simultaneously initiate TWT negotiation.
  • the AP can simultaneously negotiate TWTs with the plurality of STAs, so that a prior-art disadvantage that an AP can negotiate a TWT parameter with only one STA at a time can be overcome. Therefore, negotiation efficiency can be improved.
  • the receiver 1320 may be specifically configured to receive the first MAC frames sent by the some or all of the plurality of STAs based on the trigger information by using at least one of an orthogonal frequency division multiple access OFDMA technology and a multi-user multiple-input multiple-output MU-MIMO technology.
  • the transmitter 1310 may be further configured to send acknowledgment information to the corresponding STA based on the TWT parameter of the STA carried in the first MAC frame, or send the second MAC frame to the corresponding STA based on the instruction information carried in the first MAC frame.
  • the access point AP 1300 may be specifically the access point AP 900 in the foregoing embodiment, and may be configured to perform the steps and/or procedures in the method embodiment shown in FIG. 5 .
  • the memory 1340 may include a read-only memory and a random access memory, and provide an instruction and data to the processor. A part of the memory may further include a non-volatile random access memory.
  • the memory may further store device type information.
  • the processor 1330 may be configured to execute the instruction stored in the memory. When the processor executes the instruction stored in the memory, the processor is configured to perform the steps and/or procedures in the method embodiment shown in FIG. 5 . For brevity, details are not described herein again.
  • FIG. 15 shows an access point AP 1400 according to an embodiment of this application.
  • the access point AP 1400 includes a transmitter 1410, a receiver 1420, a processor 1430, a memory 1440, and a bus system 1450.
  • the transmitter 1410, the receiver 1420, the processor 1430, and the memory 1440 are connected by the bus system 1450.
  • the memory 1440 is configured to store an instruction.
  • the processor 1430 is configured to execute the instruction stored in the memory 1440, to control the transmitter 1410 to send a signal and control the receiver 1420 to receive a signal.
  • the processor 1430 may generate a first media access control MAC frame, where the first MAC frame carries a plurality of pieces of target wake time TWT information that are corresponding to first station STAs in a plurality of STAs in a one-to-one manner.
  • the transmitter 1410 may send the first MAC frame to the plurality of STAs, where the first MAC frame is used for each of the first STAs to determine a TWT parameter of the STA based on corresponding TWT information.
  • the AP can simultaneously negotiate TWTs with some or all of the plurality of STAs by sending TWT information of the some or all of the plurality of STAs to the plurality of STAs, so that a prior-art disadvantage that an AP can negotiate a TWT parameter with only one STA at a time can be overcome. Therefore, negotiation efficiency can be improved.
  • the processor 1430 may be specifically configured to generate the first MAC frame by aggregating a plurality of MAC frames that are corresponding to the first STAs in a one-to-one manner.
  • the processor 1430 may be specifically configured to generate the first MAC frame by generating a first information element that carries the plurality of pieces of TWT information, where the first information element includes a plurality of first fields and a plurality of second fields, each first field defines a unique identifier ID corresponding to an i th STA in the first STAs, and each second field defines TWT information corresponding to the i th STA.
  • the processor 1430 may be specifically configured to generate the first MAC frame by generating a trigger frame that carries the plurality of pieces of TWT information, where the trigger frame includes a plurality of third fields, fourth fields, and fifth fields, each third field defines a unique identifier ID corresponding to an i th STA in the first STAs, each fourth field defines resource scheduling information corresponding to the i th STA in the first STAs, and each fifth field defines TWT information corresponding to the i th STA in the first STAs.
  • the processor 1430 may be specifically configured to generate the first MAC frame by generating a second information element that carries the plurality of pieces of TWT information, where the second information element includes a plurality of sixth fields, and each sixth field defines TWT information corresponding to an i th STA in the first STAs.
  • the MAC frame further includes a plurality of seventh fields and a plurality of eighth fields, where each seventh field defines a unique identifier ID corresponding to the i th STA in the first STAs, and each eighth field defines resource scheduling information corresponding to the i th STA in the first STAs.
  • an ordinal position of an i th seventh field is corresponding to an ordinal position of a sixth field that is in the second information element and that defines TWT information of a STA corresponding to the i th seventh field.
  • the transmitter 1410 may be further configured to send trigger information to the first STAs, where the trigger information includes resource scheduling information for uplink transmission of each of the first STAs.
  • the TWT information includes a TWT parameter of a corresponding STA.
  • the receiver 1420 is configured to receive acknowledgment information sent by some or all of the first STAs based on the trigger information when the some or all of the first STAs determine corresponding TWT parameters carried in the first MAC frame.
  • the TWT information includes instruction information for instructing the AP to send the TWT parameter to the corresponding STA.
  • the receiver 1420 may be configured to receive second MAC frames sent by some or all of the first STAs based on the trigger information and corresponding, instruction information that is carried in-the first MAC frame, where TWT information carried in the second MAC frame carries a TWT parameter determined by a corresponding STA.
  • the access point AP 1400 may be specifically the access point AP 1000 in the foregoing embodiment, and may be configured to perform the steps and/or procedures in the method embodiment shown in FIG. 7 .
  • the memory 1440 may include a read-only memory and a random access memory, and provide an instruction and data to the processor. A part of the memory may further include a non-volatile random access memory.
  • the memory may further store device type information.
  • the processor 1430 may be configured to execute the instruction stored in the memory. When the processor executes the instruction stored in the memory, the processor is configured to perform the steps and/or procedures in the method embodiment shown in FIG. 7 . For brevity, details are not described herein again.
  • FIG. 16 shows a station STA 1500 according to an embodiment of this application.
  • the station STA 1500 includes a transmitter 1510, a receiver 1520, a processor 1530, a memory 1540, and a bus system 1550.
  • the transmitter 1510, the receiver 1520, the processor 1530, and the memory 1540 are connected by the bus system 1550.
  • the memory 1540 is configured to store an instruction.
  • the processor 1530 is configured to execute the instruction stored in the memory 1540, to control the transmitter 1510 to send a signal and control the receiver 1520 to receive a signal.
  • the receiver 1520 may receive trigger information sent by an access point AP, where the trigger information is used to instructthe STA to send a first media access control MAC frame corresponding to the STA to the AP.
  • the transmitter 1510 may send the first MAC frame to the AP based on the trigger information, where the first MAC frame carries a target wake time TWT parameter of the STA or instruction information for instructing the AP to send a TWT parameter to the STA, and the TWT parameter is used to negotiate a TWT of the STA.
  • a STA in a plurality of STAs may be triggered by the AP to negotiate a TWT with the AP.
  • another STA may also be triggered by the AP to negotiate a TWT with the AP. Therefore, negotiation efficiency can be improved.
  • the transmitter 1510 may be specifically configured to send the first MAC frame to the AP based on the trigger information by using at least one of an orthogonal frequency division multiple access OFDMA technology and a multi-user multiple-input multiple-output MU-MIMO technology.
  • the receiver 1520 may be further configured to receive acknowledgment information sent by the AP based on the TWT parameter of the STA carried in the first MAC frame, or receive a second MAC frame that carries the TWT parameter of the STA and that is sent by the AP based on the instruction information carried in the first MAC frame.
  • the station STA 1500 may be specifically the station STA 1100 in the foregoing embodiment, and may be configured to perform the procedures and/or steps that are in the methods shown in FIG. 2 , FIG. 5 , and FIG. 7 and that are corresponding to any one of the stations STA, and the procedures and/or steps corresponding to the station STA that are in the method shown in FIG. 8 .
  • the memory 1540 may include a read-only memory and a random access memory, and provide an instruction and data to the processor. A part of the memory may further include a non-volatile random access memory. For example, the memory may further store device type information.
  • the processor 1530 may be configured to execute the instruction stored in the memory, and when the processor executes the instruction stored in the memory, the processor is configured to perform the procedures and/or steps that are in the methods shown in FIG. 2 , FIG. 5 , and FIG. 7 and that are corresponding to any one of the stations STAs, and the procedures and/or steps corresponding to the station STA that are in the method shown in FIG. 8 .
  • the processor executes the instruction stored in the memory, the processor is configured to perform the procedures and/or steps that are in the methods shown in FIG. 2 , FIG. 5 , and FIG. 7 and that are corresponding to any one of the stations STAs, and the procedures and/or steps corresponding to the station STA that are in the method shown in FIG. 8 .
  • FIG. 8 For brevity, details are not described herein again.
  • the processor may be a central processing unit (Central Processing Unit, CPU), or the processor may be another general-purpose processor, a digital signal processor (DSP), an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a field programmable gate array (FPGA) or other programmable logic device, a discrete gate or transistor logic device, a discrete hardware component, or the like.
  • the general-purpose processor may be a microprocessor, or the processor may be any conventional processor or the like.
  • steps in the foregoing methods can be implemented by using a hardware integrated logic circuit in the processor, or by using instructions in a form of software.
  • the steps of the method disclosed with reference to the embodiments of this application may be directly performed by a hardware processor, or may be performed by using a combination of hardware in the processor and a software module.
  • the software module may be located in a mature storage medium in the art, such as a random access memory, a flash memory, a read-only memory, a programmable read-only memory, an electrically erasable programmable memory, or a register.
  • the storage medium is located in the memory, and a processor executes an instruction in the memory to complete the steps in the foregoing methods in combination with hardware of the processor. To avoid repetition, details are not described herein again.
  • sequence numbers of the foregoing processes do not mean execution sequences in various embodiments of this application.
  • the execution sequences of the processes should be determined according to functions and internal logic of the processes, and should not be construed as any limitation on the implementation processes of the embodiments of this application.
  • the disclosed system, apparatus, and method may be implemented in other manners.
  • the described apparatus embodiments are merely examples.
  • the unit division is merely logical function division and may be other division in actual implementation.
  • a plurality of units or components may be combined or integrated into another system, or some features may be ignored or not performed.
  • the displayed or discussed mutual couplings or direct couplings or communication connections may be indirect couplings or communication connections via some interfaces, apparatuses or units, and may be electrical, mechanical, or other forms of connections.
  • the units described as separate parts may or may not be physically separate. Parts displayed as units may or may not be physical units, and may be located in one position or distributed on a plurality of network units. Some or all of the units may be selected based on actual needs to achieve the objectives of the solutions of the embodiments in this application.
  • functional units in the embodiments of this application may be integrated into one processing unit, or each of the units may exist alone physically, or two or more units are integrated into one unit.
  • the integrated unit may be implemented in a form of hardware, or may be implemented in a form of a software functional unit.
  • the integrated unit When the integrated unit is implemented in the form of a software functional unit and sold or used as an independent product, the integrated unit may be stored in a computer-readable storage medium. Based on such an understanding, the technical solutions of this application essentially, or the part contributing to the prior art, or all or some of the technical solutions may be implemented in the form of a software product.
  • the software product is stored in a storage medium and includes several instructions for instructing a computer device (which may be a personal computer, a server, or a network device) to perform all or some of the steps of the methods described in the embodiments of this application.
  • the foregoing storage medium includes any medium that can store program code, such as a USB flash drive, a removable hard disk, a read-only memory (ROM, Read-Only Memory), a random access memory (RAM, Random Access Memory), a magnetic disk, or an optical disc.
  • program code such as a USB flash drive, a removable hard disk, a read-only memory (ROM, Read-Only Memory), a random access memory (RAM, Random Access Memory), a magnetic disk, or an optical disc.

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